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Coronavirus in West and Central Africa (COVID-19)

Key information and resources about the virus to protect you and your loved ones

#SaferInternetDay

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Influencers and youth raise awareness about cyberbullying

To commemorate Safer Internet Day, young influencers across the region took to social media to share tips on how to stay safe online.

Children transporting books during floods in Bangladesh in 2019.

Press release

14 February 2020

World failing to provide children with a healthy life and a climate fit for their future: WHO-UNICEF-Lancet

Mother gives her children the porridge that was just prepared during the sensitization session

Press release

03 February 2020

UN agencies raise alarm in the Central Sahel where millions face hunger amid rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis

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Report

Crisis in the Central Sahel

Violence across the Central Sahel continue to surge and more than 4.3 million children are now in need of humanitarian assistance

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Rosemary Amponsah is training to become a welder at the Rural Enterprises Project in Bechem in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana.

Video Essay

Africa's Changemakers

They’re not presidents and policymakers; they’re not rich and famous …

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